New LC250 owner

[perigree]

Hey everyone,

Got my LC 1958 Edition last month. Super happy with it and I've put around 2000 miles on it so far. Looking forward to putting on many more. Just recently put Falken AT4Ws on it in 265/70 R18s and tried my first off-road trail for the first time ever. Had a blast...

Anyways, I may have made a poor decisions to go through a 2-2.5ft deep mud/water pit. Sounds like the differential breathers can get submerged and let in water along with hub lubricants getting washed out? Is that something I actually should be concerned about? It made the hour and half drive home perfectly fine.

Any advice would be great, thanks!

 

[Nuke]

Typically the differential breathers in this type of vehicle are routed relatively high. If we had our machine, would crawl under and take a look for you. You might wish to pull the fill plugs to ensure the gear lube is at normal height, and not floating on water. Other than them, I would not be too concerned at 2.5'. Not sure what you mean by "hub lubricants".

 

[perigree]

Read online wheel hub lubricant can get washed out? Anyways, got the differentials checked out by a local shop. The rear breather is just on top of the diff and definitely got submerged. No water in the diff fluid but something worth noting. Front is tubed into the engine compartment though.

 

[EOD Guy]

Fairly easy to put an extension hose and move the vent higher. I'd route a hose to high in the engine compartment if fording would be in your future.......

 

[Nuke]

Very disappointing Toyota did not extend the rear differential vent! However, good to know... Thanks!

 

[perigree]

Fairly easy to put an extension hose and move the vent higher. I'd route a hose to high in the engine compartment if fording would be in your future.......

Will probably get it done regardless, seems worth having in case of flooding etc. I saw the 200 Series have them from the factory. Wouldn't be surprised if this is one of those things that got cost cut to bring prices down for the 250.

 

[EOD Guy]

Will probably get it done regardless, seems worth having in case of flooding etc. I saw the 200 Series have them from the factory. Wouldn't be surprised if this is one of those things that got cost cut to bring prices down for the 250.

It's a very DIY ..... unscrew the old one, screw in a pipe nipple, run a rubber hose to the engine compartment, put the old vent on the rubber hose.